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Executive insights

Design and Make leaders embrace digital transformation in the face of uncertainty

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Emerging Tech

How AI, skills-based hiring, and green jobs are reshaping the workforce

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Emerging Tech

SAGA Space Architects: Building habitats for the next frontier

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Emerging Tech

What is a digital twin? How intelligent data models can shape the built world

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A bird’s eye view of a large, sustainable building with solar panels on top, the Daiwa House Group Mirai Kachi Kyoso Center in Nara, Japan.

Emerging Tech

Driving innovation through BIM adoption: Daiwa House’s vision for tech-enabled future

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Emerging Tech

What is a smart factory? How to build a smart factory

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AECO

Oslo’s structured collaboration solves complex issues for new government builds

Image courtesy of Nordic Office of Architecture.

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M&E

Let there be heroic VFX

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PD&M

Let there be groundbreaking innovation

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AECO

Let there be architecture for other planets

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PD&M

Let there be smarter instruments

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AECO

Let there be faster racetracks

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ADSK News

Autodesk announces AI workflows for artists and producers at SIGGRAPH 2024

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Autodesk Research

AI Alignment in CAD Design: Teaching Machines to Understand Design Intent in AutoConstrain

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M&E

Meet virtual production, the workflow that’s transforming content creation

Image courtesy of Pixomondo.

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PD&M

Kia Global Design explores generative AI for automotive design

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PD&M

Manufacturer drives efficiency and growth by transforming its production workflow

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AECO

7 ways the AECO industry can advance climate-positive design for a greener future

Image courtesy of Iwan Baan.

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Building a better world—and future-proof buildings—with sustainable design

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Emerging Tech

Equitable urbanism: How AI advances inclusive city planning and resource allocation

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AECO

Oslo’s structured collaboration solves complex issues for new government builds

Image courtesy of Nordic Office of Architecture.

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AECO

Howard University is leading with AI in AECO education for a better built environment

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